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    "id": 15671,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/15671/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kinyanjui",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 48,
        "legal_name": "Lee Maiyani Kinyanjui",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is no section of this road that has not taken off because of donors not being able to meet their side of the commitments. As I said earlier, the Isiolo-Merille Section, which is 136 kilometres, is about 99 per cent complete. Once the bridge that is currently under construction is completed in two months’ time; that is, in December of this year, we expect that this road will be fully completed. The original contract sum for this road was Kshs4,875,409,000. However, owing to escalation of costs, it actually rose to Kshs6,318,000,000. The second section of the road is Merille to Marsabit, which is 143 kilometres. As I have indicated, we have already advertised for procurement of both the consultants and the contractor. We require a total of Kshs14 billion and we are ready to start the project once the procurement has been fulfilled. Thirdly, we have the Marsabit-Turbi section which is 121 kilometres. The construction of this section has already commenced and we are actually on schedule on this section of the road. The total contract sum will be Kshs13 billion under Jenxi Engineering Company. The financier is the African Development Bank together with the Government of Kenya. We are up to date on this section of the road. Lastly, we have the Moyale-Turbi section which is 128 kilometres and the African Development Bank has expressed interest in funding this particular project. We are on the final stages to ensure that we already have a contractor and everything is on schedule."
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